20 years later... came back to have a look

[Puccini]

7 hours ago, brianthainess said:

We had to complain a lot, just to get some of the emojis back...

Were emojis around already twenty years ago? The world was better before they arrived.

[bignok]

40 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

I was in Thailand 20 years ago, but didn't find ThaiVisa until about 10 and it was few years later that I 'joined'. I hope things have been good for you.

So 10 years of bliss

[TimeMachine]

On 8/24/2023 at 5:46 PM, Zendesigner said:

Hi, 

 

As Ex moderator in 2003 of this forum, dropped in to have a look.  Exactly 20 years later. 

 

Any old admins & mods from way back then around still ? 

I see George is still running the business and going strong... 

 

Zen

How was it back then?  Mods removing comments because they dont agree with them? 

[scottiejohn]

22 minutes ago, Puccini said:

Were emojis around already twenty years ago? The world was better before they arrived.

I agree!  They should not be used or be around!

[rocketboy2]

Has the Op

got his old job back now. 

[jayboy]

5 hours ago, phil2407 said:

Still prefer the old name Thai Visa unless copyright issue

You always add on World news on the end anyway (usually American) so just add on the ASEAN news before that 

It would take some courage to admit the Asean rebranding was a foolish mistake (just look at the tragically thin amount of Asean related material). It never makes sense to trash a brand, and Thai Visa  had a definite place in the market.I suppose like many acts of folly, it seemed a good idea at the time.

[747man]

On 8/26/2023 at 12:08 PM, brianthainess said:

Don't mention German tourists. dam.

No Don't, They Stole all the Deckchairs Then !!

[brianthainess]

3 minutes ago, 747man said:

No Don't, They Stole all the Deckchairs Then !!

Yes around the lake. I will not explain.

[transam]

On 8/24/2023 at 5:56 PM, proton said:

I thought Depressing Dan was running it, into the ground IMO ????

You would.........................

[proton]

3 minutes ago, transam said:

You would.........................

You think he's an inspiration then and the forum is on the up ? ????

[transam]

1 minute ago, proton said:

You think he's an inspiration then and the forum is on the up ? ????

Nothing to do with me, it is not my "business", but if you want to put the boot in, up to you, and expected........????

[dingdongrb]

On 8/26/2023 at 8:52 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

On my desktop PC about 70% of the screen is advertisement. If that is the same ratio on the mobile, then that leaves space for about 3 lines of text. 

Really? On my desktop I don't see a single ad....... and I thought you were PC savvy.

[simon43]

I was a Thaivisa member 20 years ago - what was your nick back then because obviously your current nick is recent. (On that subject, why do people change their nick??)

[ExpatOilWorker]

On 8/26/2023 at 8:52 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

On my desktop PC about 70% of the screen is advertisement. If that is the same ratio on the mobile, then that leaves space for about 3 lines of text. 

Only 70%, lucky you.

 

[transam]

On 8/26/2023 at 8:52 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

On my desktop PC about 70% of the screen is advertisement. If that is the same ratio on the mobile, then that leaves space for about 3 lines of text. 

Really, how come.................?  ????

[brianthainess]

33 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

  On 8/26/2023 at 8:52 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

On my desktop PC about 70% of the screen is advertisement. If that is the same ratio on the mobile, then that leaves space for about 3 lines of text. 

Free ad blocker BRAVE search. no ads for me on laptop. 

Edited August 27, 2023 by brianthainess

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, dingdongrb said:

Really? On my desktop I don't see a single ad....... and I thought you were PC savvy.

I work with computers, and I have clients with computers who I support.

For that reason I keep my PC settings more or less standard. Because then I see the same things which "everybody" sees.

And the site is the only website which I use which has so much advertisement. I ignore it most of the time.

[NextG]

On 8/26/2023 at 2:01 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

Do we really have a lot of posts with racism, sexism, ageism? I didn't notice.

But then again, I don't cry foul when someone writes something that might upset a woke snowflake. 

Of course you wouldn’t notice… You don’t when it seems normal to you. 

[NextG]

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I work with computers, and I have clients with computers who I support.

For that reason I keep my PC settings more or less standard. Because then I see the same things which "everybody" sees.

And the site is the only website which I use which has so much advertisement. I ignore it most of the time.

That is a frankly ridiculous statement ????

[OneMoreFarang]

32 minutes ago, NextG said:

That is a frankly ridiculous statement ????

Because you don't understand it it's ridiculous?

I could try to explain it to you slowly. But likely you wouldn't listen, and you know anyhow that you are the smart guy. So I won't do that.

[OneMoreFarang]

35 minutes ago, NextG said:

Of course you wouldn’t notice… You don’t when it seems normal to you. 

Or maybe I don't take everything serious in this forum.

[NextG]

35 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Because you don't understand it it's ridiculous?

I could try to explain it to you slowly. But likely you wouldn't listen, and you know anyhow that you are the smart guy. So I won't do that.

A wise choice. 

[dingdongrb]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I work with computers, and I have clients with computers who I support.

For that reason I keep my PC settings more or less standard. Because then I see the same things which "everybody" sees.

And the site is the only website which I use which has so much advertisement. I ignore it most of the time.

I understand what you are saying but it sounded like you were bitchin' because of the amount of ads you ere seeing, thus the reason for my reply.

 

I will now assume you use every OS, mouse, keyboard, motherboard, etc. in order to mimic your clients' configurations too.......LOL

[bignok]

2 hours ago, NextG said:

That is a frankly ridiculous statement ????

Makes sense to normal people. You need to get a reality check.

[Lemsta69]

57 minutes ago, NextG said:

A wise choice. 

He's obviously not brave enough to install not than one browser on his PC ????

[OneMoreFarang]

42 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

I understand what you are saying but it sounded like you were bitchin' because of the amount of ads you ere seeing, thus the reason for my reply.

 

I will now assume you use every OS, mouse, keyboard, motherboard, etc. in order to mimic your clients' configurations too.......LOL

555

In one way you are correct. Often, when there is a new version of Windows (ok, now not so often anymore), I update one of my PCs ASAP to that version, even if I don't think it makes a lot of sense. But I do it to be able to answer questions about the new version because I know some of my clients will update right away and then wonder why this and that is not like before anymore.

[transam]

I don't have any ads whatsoever on anything I regularly look at on my PC....

Which is the way I like it..........

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

I don't have any ads whatsoever on anything I regularly look at on my PC....

Which is the way I like it..........

Is this a daily highlight for you now? No ads. 

[transam]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Is this a daily highlight for you now? No ads. 

Well, no, because I don't have ads, but I am happy to see you took note.

Well done...........

[proton]

22 hours ago, jayboy said:

It would take some courage to admit the Asean rebranding was a foolish mistake (just look at the tragically thin amount of Asean related material). It never makes sense to trash a brand, and Thai Visa  had a definite place in the market.I suppose like many acts of folly, it seemed a good idea at the time.

Nanaplaza made the same mistake renaming it thai360, the original Thai forum now almost as dead as the Dodo.